Quotes about Judgment

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets. I mean everything that I have said.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. His

Schopenhauer had said it years ago: "Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.

Give a dog a bad name and you may as well hang him." But give him a good name—and see what happens!

people don't criticize themselves for anything, no matter how wrong it may be.

As Dr Johnson said, "God himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until the end of his days." Why should you and I?

Seja mais sábio do que os outros se puder, mas não avise a ninguém.

Isn't it much easier to listen to self-criticism than to bear condemnation from alien lips?

Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. 'To know all is to forgive all.

So when you and I are tempted to criticize someone tomorrow, let's remember Al Capone, "Two Gun" Crowley and Albert Fall. Let's realize that criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home. Let's realize that the person we are going to correct and condemn will probably justify himself or herself, and condemn us in return; or, like the gentle Taft, will say: "I don't see how I could have done any differently from what I have.

For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you."12